Monika Bright

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Monika Bright is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Monika Bright has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Oceanography, 48 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Monika Bright's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (47 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (22 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (15 papers). Monika Bright is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (47 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (22 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (15 papers). Monika Bright collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Monika Bright's co-authors include Silvia Bulgheresi, Charles R. Fisher, Sabine Gollner, Andrea Nussbaumer, Michel Segonzac, Daniel Desbruyères, Jörg A. Ott, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Nadine Le Bris and Ann Vanreusel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Monika Bright

65 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts

2010 603 citations Monika Bright, Silvia Bulgheresi Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers

Monika Bright

ECOLO

OCEAN

GPC

Kyle F. Edwards United States

P.J.D. Lambshead United Kingdom

Sofie Derycke Belgium

Wendy A. Nelson New Zealand

Christoffer Schänder Norway

Sarah Samadi France

Scott R. Santos United States

Annie Machordom Spain

Brian S. Leander Canada

Matthias Glaubrecht Germany

Kyle F. Edwards United States

Monika Bright

1.3k ×0.8

ECOLO

1.4k ×1.0

OCEAN

309 ×0.6

382 ×0.8

GPC

177 ×0.4

Citations per year, relative to Monika Bright Monika Bright (= 1×) peers Kyle F. Edwards

Countries citing papers authored by Monika Bright

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Fields of papers citing papers by Monika Bright

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Monika Bright

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Monika Bright. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Monika Bright based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Monika Bright. Monika Bright is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Srivastava, Abhishek, André Luiz de Oliveira, Frederik Schulz, et al.. (2023). Comparative genomics of a vertically transmitted thiotrophic bacterial ectosymbiont and its close free‐living relative. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(1). e13889–e13889. 1 indexed citations

Oliveira, André Luiz de, et al.. (2022). The complete and closed genome of the facultative generalist Candidatus Endoriftia persephone from deep‐sea hydrothermal vents. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(8). 3106–3123. 8 indexed citations

Volland, Jean‐Marie, et al.. (2022). Host-symbiont stress response to lack-of-sulfide in the giant ciliate mutualism. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0254910–e0254910. 2 indexed citations

Oliveira, André Luiz de, et al.. (2021). Novel Insights on Obligate Symbiont Lifestyle and Adaptation to Chemosynthetic Environment as Revealed by the Giant Tubeworm Genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(1). 14 indexed citations

Bright, Monika, et al.. (2019). Thiotrophic bacterial symbiont induces polyphenism in giant ciliate host Zoothamnium niveum. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15081–15081. 8 indexed citations

Bright, Monika, et al.. (2016). A Novel Colonial Ciliate Zoothamnium ignavum sp. nov. (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) and Its Ectosymbiont Candidatus Navis piranensis gen. nov., sp. nov. from Shallow-Water Wood Falls. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162834–e0162834. 16 indexed citations

Papaspyrou, Sokratis, Manuel Yúfera, S.A. van Bergeijk, et al.. (2013). Effects of green macroalgal blooms on the meiofauna community structure in the Bay of Cádiz. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 70(1-2). 10–17. 22 indexed citations

Bright, Monika, et al.. (2013). Giant tubeworms. Current Biology. 23(6). R224–R225. 6 indexed citations

Toenshoff, Elena R., et al.. (2011). Simultaneous 16S and 18S rRNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on LR White sections demonstrated in Vestimentifera (Siboglinidae) tubeworms. Acta Histochemica. 114(2). 122–130. 9 indexed citations

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Klepal, Waltraud, et al.. (2011). Organization and Microanatomy of theSclerolinum contortumTrophosome (Polychaeta, Siboglinidae). Biological Bulletin. 220(2). 140–153. 8 indexed citations

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Gollner, Sabine, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, & Monika Bright. (2010). Advances in Taxonomy, Ecology, and Biogeography of Dirivultidae (Copepoda) Associated with Chemosynthetic Environments in the Deep Sea. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e9801–e9801. 41 indexed citations

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Vanreusel, Ann, et al.. (2010). Ecology and Biogeography of Free-Living Nematodes Associated with Chemosynthetic Environments in the Deep Sea: A Review. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e12449–e12449. 95 indexed citations

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Bright, Monika & Silvia Bulgheresi. (2010). A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 8(3). 218–230. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cary, S. Craig, et al.. (2009). Dynamics of cell proliferation and apoptosis reflect different life strategies in hydrothermal vent and cold seep vestimentiferan tubeworms. Cell and Tissue Research. 337(1). 149–165. 23 indexed citations

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Rinke, Christian, Stephan Schmitz‐Esser, Alexander Loy, et al.. (2008). High genetic similarity between two geographically distinct strains of the sulfur-oxidizing symbiont âCandidatus Thiobios zoothamnicoliâ. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 67(2). 229–241. 19 indexed citations

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Bright, Monika, et al.. (2006). Immunocytochemistry of the neuromuscular systems ofLoxosomella vivipara andL. parguerensis (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae). Journal of Morphology. 267(7). 866–883. 20 indexed citations

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Marotta, Roberto, Giulio Melone, Monika Bright, & Marco Ferraguti. (2005). Spermatozoa and Sperm Aggregates in the Vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia luymesi Compared With Those of Riftia pachyptila (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae: Vestimentifera). Biological Bulletin. 209(3). 215–226. 7 indexed citations

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Salerno, Jennifer L., Stephen A. Macko, Monika Bright, et al.. (2005). Characterization of Symbiont Populations in Life-History Stages of Mussels From Chemosynthetic Environments. Biological Bulletin. 208(2). 145–155. 53 indexed citations

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Ott, Jörg A., Monika Bright, & Silvia Bulgheresi. (2004). Symbioses between marine nematodes and sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacteria. Symbiosis. 36(2). 103–126. 58 indexed citations

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Ott, Jörg A. & Monika Bright. (2004). Sessile ciliates with bacterial ectosymbionts from Twin Cays, Belize. Atoll research bulletin. 516. 1–7. 10 indexed citations

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